The BUCS AGM and Winter Seminar 2017 was held at The Venue at De Montfort University on Tuesday 05 December. The event was specifically for staff members and student representatives at BUCS member institutions.

The Winter Seminar content was delivered alongside the formal BUCS AGM, with a number of different keynote sessions providing development and learning opportunities for members.

The agenda at the event can be found by clicking here or on the left hand side of this page. Additionally the slides from the presentations that were delivered can also be found to the left hand side of this page.

Speakers at the Winter Seminar included:

- Simon Capper, Finance Director, Leicester City Football Club

Covering the success story of Leicester City, this opening session saw Simon Capper, Finance Director at the club, discuss the management structures and the wider contributing factors to this success, both on and off the field. Following the title winning season of 2015/2016, he shared how premier league success has developed the club, how this is being sustained, and the correlation between football success and wider business management.

- Mel Young, Chair, sportscotland.

Mel Young is Chair at sportscotland. He is also President and Co-Founder of the Homeless World Cup, an organisation established to use sport as a mechanism to create change. He is a globally recognised social entrepreneur who co-founded The Big Issue in Scotland in 1993. At the event Mel shared his extensive knowledge and experience of using sport for social change and highlighted the important link between sport, physical activity, healthy lifestyles and a thriving community and society.

For information regarding the formal BUCS AGM, including the minutes when they are available, please click here.